Unhappy Meal: €1 Billion in Tax Avoidance on the Menu at McDonald's Tax structure allowed McDonald’s to divert revenue for years, costing European countries over €1 billion in lost taxes between 2009 and 2013...

The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently delivered a landmark preliminary ruling related to the posting of workers.The case deals with Polish workers posted in Finland and concerns pay claims which relate...

Defend the right to strike!Today EFFAT is joining the IUF, the ITUC and other Trade Union Federations calling for unions to act in defence of the right to strike, which is under attack by employer groups at the ILO.The...

This conference, attended by union representatives of the seventh region, as well as representatives of the governing bodies of EFFAT, was made possible through the co-funding of the European Commission. The...

EFFAT applied for and has obtained co-financing from the European Commission to run a project to make working in agriculture a more attractive option by combining competitiveness, quality employment and job...

With the support of EFFAT and IUF, our affiliate NGG in partnership with other affiliated trade unions NNF (Denmark), PRO-GE (Austria), and OZP (Slowak Republic) launched last year a European network of employee...

Social Partners in the EU food and drink industry EFFAT and FoodDrinkEurope are calling for expressions of interest from a contractor (or consortium of contractors) able to carry out an important piece of research...

At the initiative of EFFAT and the IUF, members of Club Med's European Committee on Social Dialogue (CEDS) and stewards from the Europe-Africa zone - FO, UNSA, CFDT (France), Fisascat-CISL (Italy), TOLEYIS (Turkey),...

Get your Skills Passport for Upcoming European Online Job DaysThe European Hospitality Skills Passport is a new tool on the EURES Portal that allows you to specify the hospitality sector skills you have obtained and...

According to many publications and studies, two of the EFFAT sectors, agriculture and hospitality (hotels and restaurants), are amongst those sectors mostly concerned with undeclared work. This is why the fight against...

EFFAT applied has obtained co-financing from the European Commission to run a project that focuses on managing work-related stress and psychosocial risks in transnational companies. One of the aims of the project is to...

At the initiative of EFFAT and the IUF, members of Club Med's European Committee on Social Dialogue (CEDS) and stewards from the Europe-Africa zone - FO, UNSA, CFDT (France), Fisascat-CISL (Italy), TOLEYIS (Turkey),...

A total of 325 jobs are at stake, with reduced job security for many more, should Danone proceed with plans to close three factories producing dairy products in Casale, Italy, Hagenow, Germany and Budapest, Hungary. The...

As a European Federation representing 120 national trade unions from 38 European countries, EFFAT defends the interests of more than 2.6 million members towards the European Institutions, European industrial federations and enterprise management.